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Hampstead And Marylebone. By G. E. Mitten And Sir W.

Besant. (A. and C. Black, Is. (3d. and 2s. not.)—This is one of the pleasing little volumes, well written and well printed, which bear the general title of "The Fascination of......

Report Of The London Missionary Society, 1901 - 1902....

Is. 6d.)—The directors' Report gives a favourable account of the operations of the Society. Its chief fields of work are China, India, Madagascar (where "the missionaries are no......

Our Literary Deluge. By Francis W. Halsey. (grant...

6d.)—Mr. Halsey puts together in this volume some interest- ing facts, and exercises a sound and sober criticism. We think that now and then he is a little hard on books that he......

The Inner And Middle Temple. By Hugh H. L. Bellot,

M.A. (Methuen and Co. 6s. net.)—Mr. Bellot gives us in his first chapter a short history of the Order of the Knights Templars. This is not insufficient for its purpose. But his......

Harlyn Bay And The Discoveries Of Its Prehistoric...

R. Ashington Sullen. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co. 2s. (3d.)— This volume, a second edition revised and enlarged, describes with admirable lucidity a prehistoric (neolithic)......

" L'eglise Wallonne " At Southampton. By William W. Portal,

MA. (Hampshire Chronicle, Southampton. 7s. 6d.)—Mr. Portal tells us that the earliest settlements of Protestant refugees were made in London, Norwich, Canterbury, and......

Living London. Edited By G. R. Sims. Vol. Ii. (cassell

and Co. 12s.)—This volume is a practical proof of the vastness of the subject of "London." Here are some sixty chapters on all kinds of phases of London life—museums, churches......

Si. George And The Chinese Dragon. By Lieutenant -...

Vaughan. (C. Arthur Pearson. 3s. 6d.) — Colonel Vaughan has put together in this volume a narrative of the doings of the Indian part of the British force in China, — i.e., of......

The Art Of Being Beautiful. By 9 — G — . (h. J.

Dram. la.)—The counsels of this book are not commended by professing to come from a "society beauty "; but, as a matter of fact, they are full of good sense. "Every one," says......